Southwest Waterfront
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The Southwest Waterfront is a neighborhood in Southwest Washington, D.C. The Southwest quadrant is the smallest of Washington's four quadrants, and the Southwest Waterfront is one of only two resident
The Thomas Law House built in 1796
Shulman's Market (ca. 1942), one of many Jewish-owned businesses that once operated in Southwest Waterfront. This was a DGS Store.
Titanic Memorial located beside the Washington Channel in Southwest Waterfront
The fire pit at The Wharf
Al Jolson
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Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian.
Southwest Waterfront
…on the west and Friendship Baptist Church on the east. Each half of the neighborhood was the childhood residence of a future American musical star; Al Jolson lived on 41⁄2 Street and Marvin Gaye was born in a tenement on First Street.) The Waterfront developed a thriving commercial district with grocery…
Jolson in 1925
Al Jolson (1920s)
Poster for The Jazz Singer, 1927
Poster for Hallelujah, I'm a Bum with reissue title